After the fall of the Soviet Union, Beutner went to work for the U.S. State Department . The Clinton administration tapped him to lead a team into Russia and help transition them from communism to a free-market economy, including the decommission of weapons and other materiel.

Politics

In January 2010, Beutner was appointed by Antonio Villaraigosa to be the First Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles, focusing on making the city more business-friendly and streamlining permitting processes. [9] “When I first heard of his appointment and that he had this Wall Street background and a lot of money, I was skeptical,” says María Elena Durazo, the Los Angeles head of the AFL-CIO. “And nobody called us to ask what we thought.” Like most everyobody who has worked with him, though, Durazo came away impressed. “I’m so used to hearing why something can’t be done or why it’s going to take so long,” she says. With Beutner it’s the opposite. “He just gets it done.” She says that when she needed advice on city business, she would “absolutely go to Austin first.”. [10] In 2013, with Villaraigosa's term ending, Beutner launched a campaign to run for Mayor of Los Angeles , but dropped from the race after a year having captured only 2% of likely voters. [11] The election was a year away when Beutner suspended his efforts for family reasons.

Philanthropy & Social Innovation

In 1994 Austin Beutner founded The Beutner Family Foundation with a focus on philanthropy and education for economically disadvantaged people. [15]

In 2009 Austin Beutner and his wife Virginia established a $1-million scholarship fund at the California Institute of the Arts that selects five students annually to receive free tuition of up to $50,000 during their graduating year. The idea is to help the recipients begin their professional careers less saddled with college-loan debt. The Beutners donated an additional $400,000 to provide scholarships for Los Angeles-area high school students to attend CalArts, and they are the primary sponsors of the annual International Children's Film Festival at the CalArts-affiliated REDCAT [16]

In 2012 Beutner founded . [17] A non-profit that provides children with free eye exams and free glasses by bringing its mobile eye clinics to schools and to other neighborhood youth and community organizations. [18] Since 2012 Vision To Learn has helped more than 48,000 [19] school kids with free eye exams and glasses. Since its inception Vision To Learn has expanded to several other states and school districts. Beutner is known to take up causes that help children in the inner city and economically depressed communities.

Mr. Beutner is involved in the community, serving on the Board of Trustees and former Chairman of the Board of the California Institute of the Arts , Chairman of the Board of Directors of The , Chairman of the and Co-Chairman of the CalArts Community Arts Partnership. He is also Chairman and founder of the . Additionally, he serves on the Boards of Directors of and . He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations .

Media

In 2014, Beutner took over as Publisher and CEO of the Los Angeles Times when Eddy Hartenstein left to become the Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Tribune Publishing. [26] When Tribune Publishing acquired the San Diego Union-Tribune in 2015, Beutner was named its CEO and Publisher, as well as CEO of the newly formed California News Group.

He was fired as Publisher and Chief Executive Officer of the Los Angeles Times on September 8, 2015. He wrote on Facebook that the dismissal was not voluntary: "I am not departing by choice, nor is this some ‘mutual agreement’ on my part and Tribune Publishing". [27]

In 2015, more than 50 community leaders protested Beutner’s firing including philanthropists, business leaders and two former Los Angeles mayors. [28] [4] Media analyst called Beutner’s departure “a small tragedy for American journalism. [4] ” Tom Johnson, former Publisher of the LA Times, wrote “To see Beutner’s leadership abruptly ended by Tribune is both tragic and very sad. Reversing the dynamic momentum Beutner had ignited is reprehensible. [4] ”

During Beutner’s 13 months as publisher, the Times won two Pulitzer Prizes — for cultural criticism and for feature writing — along with other national journalism awards for coverage of the California drought, the plight of Mexican farm workers and other stories. The California Newspaper Publishers Assn. awarded the Times its 2015 general excellence award. [4]

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